{"id":41887,"date":"2020-12-02T12:21:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T12:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=41887"},"modified":"2020-12-02T12:21:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T12:21:13","slug":"primark-pandemonium-london-shops-get-masses-of-customers-on-wild-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/primark-pandemonium-london-shops-get-masses-of-customers-on-wild-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Primark Pandemonium: London shops get masses of customers on \u2018Wild Wednesday\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today marks the end of the national lockdown, and although some parts of the country still find themselves in Tier 3, London has been placed in Tier 2 which means retail shops have been allowed to re-open.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oxford Street has been busy from the early morning with customers flocking to shops such as Primark and JD sports which have been sorely missed by many during Lockdown 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/aiiimansheeraz\/status\/1333928087755640835<\/p>\n<p>Primark recently released a list of 11 of their stores which will be open 24 hours a day after December 2, including the stores in Bluewater, Stratford and White City. Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/money\/full-list-11-primak-stores-23079359\">here<\/a> to find out which ones will be open 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Debenhams on Oxford Street saw a queue of customers, hoping to get their hands on some discount deals after the company announced its closure earlier this week after being in business for an impressive 242 years.<\/p>\n<p>The department store has slashed prices by up to 70% which led to the online site crashing after being flocked by those eager not to miss out on any bargains.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doors open at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Debenhams?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Debenhams<\/a> Oxford Street as shoppers hope to bag a bargain <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fHcx5FWijw\">pic.twitter.com\/fHcx5FWijw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chloe Kerr (@ChloeKerr_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChloeKerr_\/status\/1334079462871330817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Like Debenhams, well-loved high street shops such as Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins are all at risk of <a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/the-fall-of-the-retail-empire-arcadia-group-filing-for-bankruptcy\/\">closure after the Arcadia Group<\/a> also announced that they have fallen into administration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The collapse of 207-year-old department store group Debenhams and Topshop-to-Burton fashion giant Arcadia threatens the livelihoods of 25,000 people and raises questions not just about their future, but what that means for the wider industry.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXxw3l1axk\">https:\/\/t.co\/yXxw3l1axk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FMCG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FMCG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Retail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Retail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Supply Chain Consulting Group (@sccgltd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sccgltd\/status\/1334105132733181953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the BBC, 12,000 jobs are at risk at Debenhams when all 124 shops stop trading and 13,000 jobs are at risk under the Arcadia Group.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions to the news of both Topshop and Debenhams falling into administration have not been taken well, with many going to Twitter to voice their views.<\/p>\n<p>As traditional shops of the British high street landscape continue to close, it begs the question which will be next?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words by: Ella Webster | Subbing: Grace Staley\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks the end of the national lockdown, and although some parts of the country still find themselves in Tier 3, London has been placed in Tier 2 which means retail shops have been allowed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":41889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}